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Women in American Pentecostalism

Women in American Pentecostalism 19 FOCUS: WOMEN AND PENTECOSTALISM Women in American Pentecostalism Edith L. Blumhofer Guest Editor The story of women's involvement in American Pentecostalism is complex and confusing. For the most part, Pentecostal denominations have not readily affirmed women as pastors. Women have thus been formally excluded from institutional positions for which full ordination is required. And in the few Pentecostal denominations that offer women full ordination, that ordination has not generally translated into equal access to positions of denominational leadership. On the other hand, most Pentecostal denominations have historically supported female evangelists and home and foreign missionaries. And women have exercised immeasurable cultural authority in Pentecostal congregations. Early Pentecostals valued individual testimonies of God's working in participants' lives, and they believed that God might choose to manifest the gifts of the Holy Spirit through any Spirit-filled believer, female or male. These two premises assured women at least some voice in Pentecostal services. The scholar who decides to study the role of women in American Pentecostalism quickly learns that there is no single narrative, but there are many stories. For every story of affirmation there is another of frustration or repression. The material in the following pages presents only a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pneuma Brill

Women in American Pentecostalism

Blumhofer, Edith L.
Pneuma , Volume 17 (1): 19 – Jan 1, 1995
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© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0272-0965
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1570-0747
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10.1163/157007495X00039
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19 FOCUS: WOMEN AND PENTECOSTALISM Women in American Pentecostalism Edith L. Blumhofer Guest Editor The story of women's involvement in American Pentecostalism is complex and confusing. For the most part, Pentecostal denominations have not readily affirmed women as pastors. Women have thus been formally excluded from institutional positions for which full ordination is required. And in the few Pentecostal denominations that offer women full ordination, that ordination has not generally translated into equal access to positions of denominational leadership. On the other hand, most Pentecostal denominations have historically supported female evangelists and home and foreign missionaries. And women have exercised immeasurable cultural authority in Pentecostal congregations. Early Pentecostals valued individual testimonies of God's working in participants' lives, and they believed that God might choose to manifest the gifts of the Holy Spirit through any Spirit-filled believer, female or male. These two premises assured women at least some voice in Pentecostal services. The scholar who decides to study the role of women in American Pentecostalism quickly learns that there is no single narrative, but there are many stories. For every story of affirmation there is another of frustration or repression. The material in the following pages presents only a

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